How small? Marcelon demanded. Solomon caught his breath and turned so he could lean comfortably in the space behind the turtle's flipper, resting on arm on that and one on the edge of her shell, and letting his feet drift. His black eyes were still laughing, and he didn't even bother to try and erase the grin.
He had needed that.
"About a foot long, more or less--twelve or so inches," he said. "There is a very specific organ in a woman's body, called the womb--analogous to where the eggs in a female turtle grows, I suppose you could say. It's very flexible, so when the baby grows inside her she grows large around the stomach without being harmed by the baby's presence."
He declined to mention the part about morning-sickness and the numerous physiological pains which tended to come with pregnancy, because Marcelon was considering his words seriously and calming down somewhat.
I suppose, she said dubiously. But it doesn't sound very comfortable, OR very practical. And how does the baby get OUT, if it doesn't hatch from the mother's belly?
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He had needed that.
"About a foot long, more or less--twelve or so inches," he said. "There is a very specific organ in a woman's body, called the womb--analogous to where the eggs in a female turtle grows, I suppose you could say. It's very flexible, so when the baby grows inside her she grows large around the stomach without being harmed by the baby's presence."
He declined to mention the part about morning-sickness and the numerous physiological pains which tended to come with pregnancy, because Marcelon was considering his words seriously and calming down somewhat.
I suppose, she said dubiously. But it doesn't sound very comfortable, OR very practical. And how does the baby get OUT, if it doesn't hatch from the mother's belly?